The EPA's response to this petition was signed on August. 28, 2014. Any petitions for review of the final letter denying the petition for reconsideration and amended rulemaking of certain provisions of the final rule published in the Federal Register on October 20, 2010 (75 FR 64864) must be filed in the Court of Appeal for the District of Columbia Circuit on or before November 17, 2014.

40 CFR Parts 51 and 52

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice that it has responded to a petition for reconsideration and amended rulemaking of certain provisions of the final rule, “Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) for Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Micrometers (PM 2.5 )—Increments, Significant Impact Levels (SILs) and Significant Monitoring Concentration (SMC),” published on October 20, 2010. The final rule set forth provisions identifying the maximum allowable increases in ambient pollutant concentrations (“increments”) for PM 2.5 , modifying the definitions for the baseline dates and the baseline area, and adding two screening tools known as SILs and an SMC for PM 2.5 . On December 23, 2013, the EPA received a petition for reconsideration pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA) and for an amended rulemaking pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, from the state of North Carolina. The EPA considered the petition for reconsideration and amended rulemaking, along with information contained in the rulemaking docket, in reaching a decision on the petition. The EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy denied the petition for reconsideration and amended rulemaking in a letter to the Attorney General of North Carolina dated August 28, 2014. The letter documents the EPA's reasons for the denial and can be found in the rulemaking docket.

2014-07-15; vol. 79 # 135 - Tuesday, July 15, 2014

79 FR 41157 - Withdrawal of the Prior Determination or Presumption That Compliance With the CAIR or the NO X SIP Call Constitutes RACT or RACM for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone and 1997 Fine Particle NAAQS: Reopening of Public Comment Period

Comments on the proposed rule published June 9, 2014 (79 FR 32892) must be received on or before August 14, 2014.

40 CFR Part 51

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the reopening of the public comment period for its proposed rule titled, “Withdrawal of the Prior Determination or Presumption that Compliance with the CAIR or the NO X SIP Call Constitutes RACT or RACM for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone and 1997 Fine Particle NAAQS,” which published in the Federal Register on June 9, 2014. The EPA has received a request to extend the comment period beyond July 9, 2014, and in response to that request, the EPA is reopening the comment period for an additional 30 days.